House Proceeding on Oct 18th, 2007 :: 0:04:01 to 0:16:21
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Speech By: Chris Carney

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Chris Carney: and even now, my own family, and i live in a town of a population of 70. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >>

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Robin Hayes: madam speaker, to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, today

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Speech By: Robin Hayes

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Robin Hayes: i rise to congratulate and praise an exceptional individual who has dedicated himself to serving his nation and the men and women in fort bragg, north carolina. i want to acknowledge

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Robin Hayes: his accomplishments as he retires on november 1, 2007, after 40 years of public service. i'm proud to have the opportunity to work with him as deputy garr ison commander of fort bragg and i'm proud

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Robin Hayes: to call him a friend. a native of new york who grew up in georgia, he was assigned to deputy commander in 1998 where he continued to serve today. his personal commitment to supporting our soldiers,

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Robin Hayes: army civilians and the families in the fort bragg community cannot be underestimated. gary runs the day-to-day operations of the largest military installation in the world. through his performance

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Robin Hayes: in support of the army's finest war fighters, he's forged the epicenter of the universe in the army's installation. he's a veteran of the united states air force. his awards including 1998 fort

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Robin Hayes: bragg executive of the year, service award, superior civilian service award and the achievement medal for civilian service. tonight, his wonderful wife diana, creer civil service member,

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Robin Hayes: has four children and four grandchildren. madam speaker, i wish gary knight the best on his upcoming retirement and thank him for all that he's done for the soldiers and this great nation.

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Ron Klein: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker

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Speech By: Ron Klein

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Ron Klein: pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, president bush rejected the wishshes of t american people, 68 senators, 43 governors and 265

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Ron Klein: members of this body when he vetoed the children's health bill. the reason that so many demoats and republicans support thert chip re-authorization legislation is that it was crafted in a

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Ron Klein: bipartisan legislation. it's proven to be a popular program for children receiving private health care.t it costs less than $3.50 a day. insuring kids is also cost-effective for taxpayers

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Ron Klein: who end up picking the tab for indigent care in mother-in-law rooms. a child's most likely to succeed in education and life if they have access to health care at an early age and it benefits

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Ron Klein: our nation in the long run. i hope more of my republican colleagues will work together to recognize the success story of chip and will join us today in overriding the president's veto. we need

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Tim Murphy: to ensure more children have access to quality health care. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute

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Speech By: Tim Murphy

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Tim Murphy: and ask permission to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. yesterday's headlines

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Tim Murphy: stated at m ore people will die from staph infections than aids. tragic news. we also hear about students in schools who died from these infections. but the point is hospitals is taking actions

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Tim Murphy: to reduce the infection rates and congress is not doing anything to address this issue. we can pass legislatioi've introduced, h.r. 1174, the healthy hospitals act. my legislation would require

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Tim Murphy: hospitals to report infection rates. they can find out if their airline is on time. why not be able to find out if your hospital is infection free? 19 states currently require reporting and

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Tim Murphy: several other states is considering legislation. and medicare earlier this summer say they're going to deny claims for hospital-related infections. let's standardize hospital reporting crisis. please,

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Albert Russell Wynn: support the healthy hospitals act. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute

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Speech By: Albert Russell Wynn

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Albert Russell Wynn: and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: withouobjection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> good morning, madam speaker. today, the house will vote to

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Albert Russell Wynn: te joseph ride the president's veto of the schip bill. at the beginning of this debate some months ago i said that if america is the greatest country in the world, then we ought to guarantee

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Albert Russell Wynn: all of our children have health insurance. greatness is not measured by the size of our militaryil and industrial complex. greatness is measured by whether we can provide health insurance for 10

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Albert Russell Wynn: million american children. now the president has said no, but according to all the polls, the american people say yes. majorities in both houses have said yes. governors have said yes. private

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Albert Russell Wynn: charities have said yes that we ought to provide health insurance for children in america. this is not a matter of a market fix. small businesses cannot afford to pay to provide health insurance.

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Albert Russell Wynn: working families, many of them, cannot afford to buy health insurance on the private market. in addition, this bill provides a guarantee of dental coverage because in america the greatest country ch

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Sam Johnson: ildren should not die because they don't have dental coverage. the bill provides dental coverage, meantal health coverage. it's simple. we are the greatest country. we should provide health

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Speech By: Sam Johnson

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Sam Johnson: insurance for all. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without

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Sam Johnson: objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. october 21 through october 27 will be national save for retirement week. i hope folks take a few moments next

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Sam Johnson: week to look at their personal savings and see what more they can do to save for retirement. saving for retirement can be an overwhelming task if last to the -- left to the last minute.

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Sam Johnson: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. retirement doesn't have to be that way. we can choose to save. to learn retirement planning tips and to complete a ballpark estimate on how much it will

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Sam Johnson: cost you to live in retirement, en go to the t website choosetosave.org. it's time for you to start planning your future retirement today. do it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back

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Diane E. Watson: the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, 10 years ago, the children's health insurance

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Speech By: Diane E. Watson

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Diane E. Watson: program was created in a strong bipartisan fashion to ensure more low-income children had access to quality health care. today, thanks to chip, six million children who would otherwise be

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Diane E. Watson: uninsured can see the doctor of their family's choice anytime they want. for the first eight years of the chip program, the number of uninsured children failed significantly -- fell significantly.

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Diane E. Watson: but the trend continued last year when 700,000 more children joined the ranks of the uninsured. that was simply unacceptable to many of us here in congress, and that's why we crafted a

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Diane E. Watson: final bipartisan agreement that not only continues to provide health care access to six million kids who are already in the program, but also to four million others who are also eligible

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Diane E. Watson: for chip. if the president had his way, the number of uninsured children would go up by at least 800,000 over the next year. that is why we need to override his veto today. the speaker pro

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Marsha Blackburn: tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee rise? mrs. blackburn: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without

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Speech By: Marsha Blackburn

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Marsha Blackburn: objection,he gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam speaker. you know, today the liberal leadership of this house will attempt to override the president's

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Marsha Blackburn: veto on schip. for weeks they have been taken to the airwaves and talking about anybody that opposes in bill is against disadvantaged children. well, that's just not what this bill is about. their

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Marsha Blackburn: bill would change a block grant program to an entitlement. it would provide taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants. it would add more adults. and what the i.r.s. calls high-income

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Marsha Blackburn: families to the government health care rolls. it would remove people from private insurance rolls and place them on the government rolls. and most importantly, it's going to move that decision

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Marsha Blackburn: between a doctor and a patient to a bureaucrat. well, that is what they are for. i suggest that we show respect for the children of the working poor that this bill was initially set up to address

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that we sustain the president's veto. let's start over. show the issue -- i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? >> to address

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Mike Pence: the house for one minute, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. sanchez: rather than admit this veto is an eor, the bush administration has embarked

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Mike Pence: on the misinformation campaign. this legislation does not expand schip eligibility. it does not extend coverage to households with incomes up to $83,000 a year. and it does not promote government-run

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Mike Pence: health insurance. rather, this legislation is targeted uninsured american children livin g in poverty. children who already qualify for schip but that don't have health care due to a lack of

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Mike Pence: funding. one of the most important reforms in this legislation is the creation of an incentive fund, a fund for states to enroll the four million children who currently are eligible

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Mike Pence: for the program but are not enrolled. ar and further, this legislation phases out the use of schip funds to cover adults. let's not forget it was the administration who allowed states tput adults into

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Mike Pence: this program. please, let's set this right. override this veto. . the speaker pro tempore: for whurps does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. pence: to address the house for one minute.

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Mike Pence: the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pence: censorship was added to the airwaves, in the so-called fairness doctrine, and i and my colleagues introduced

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Mike Pence: the broadcaster freedom act it would ensure that no futer president could -- house republicans introduced a discharge petition to bring the broadcaster freedom act to the floor of

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Mike Pence: congress. in one day, madam speaker, over 125 members of congress signed this petition. the american people should know, if 218 members of congress sign this petition, we can have an up or down

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Mike Pence: vote on this legislation to keep the fairness doctrine from ever coming back. i urge my colleagues, republicans and democrats if you believe in broadcast freedom, if you believe in the freedom